Posts made by Rinel

am i doing it right

@Tinuviel said in TS - Danger zone:

@Rinel I was mostly joking, since you were being far too serious in a thread asking the hard-hitting questions like "why do we like to fuck" and "is it my penis or my character's penis."

It's a buddhist penis

@Tinuviel said in TS - Danger zone:

@Rinel said in TS - Danger zone:

Buddhism solves this problem

That's the least accurate phrase ever, in almost any context.

I'm not even Buddhist, but you're failing to give a lot of credit where credit is due with regard to philosophy of mind.

To be clear, I was saying that it solves the problem of the paradox by eliminating the self, which eliminates the paradox. I am a dualist and believe in the soul, so I don't subscribe to the theory. I still can appreciate it.

@Tinuviel said in TS - Danger zone:

@Rinel said in TS - Danger zone:

@insomniac7809 said in TS - Danger zone:

If we're talking, like, magical timeline duplicates... now, that's a question that gets into the teleporter paradox. If I go into a machine, Scotty vaporizes me, and then I come back together on the other side, am I still me? If yes, what if he saves the data and pops out another of me? If no, that implies either I stop existing when my component atoms are replaced--which happens every few years--or when my consciousness stops functioning--which implies I did die during my appendectomy (or, rather, he died, I started existing when the anaesthesia wore off.) Do "I", in a discrete sense, actually exist, or am I just a collection of processes that shuffle around in the same general vicinity for a few decades, and if so, isn't a second identical bundle of processes just "more" of me?

Did you seriously just take a smut thread and turn it into a discourse on the problem of personal identity?

Fucking hell. Go read some Parfit and get out of here, nerd.

Is smut and sexuality not the realm of ultimate personal identity's expression?

Not in the sense of whether or not "you" as a being survive going to sleep every night, or moment to moment as the various patterns of atoms in your body shift.

Buddhism solves this problem neatly by pointing out that you don't exist at all, by the way; you're a confluence of ever-fluctuating skandhas.

Locke proposes memory. Hume supports the bundle theory similar to what @insomniac7809 was speaking of. Strawford (Jr.) says that we exist as a series of sequential beings that exist for a few seconds at most before dying and being replaced. Parfit... Parfit says personal identity isn't what matters in survival.

Parfit was weird.

@insomniac7809 said in TS - Danger zone:

If we're talking, like, magical timeline duplicates... now, that's a question that gets into the teleporter paradox. If I go into a machine, Scotty vaporizes me, and then I come back together on the other side, am I still me? If yes, what if he saves the data and pops out another of me? If no, that implies either I stop existing when my component atoms are replaced--which happens every few years--or when my consciousness stops functioning--which implies I did die during my appendectomy (or, rather, he died, I started existing when the anaesthesia wore off.) Do "I", in a discrete sense, actually exist, or am I just a collection of processes that shuffle around in the same general vicinity for a few decades, and if so, isn't a second identical bundle of processes just "more" of me?

Did you seriously just take a smut thread and turn it into a discourse on the problem of personal identity?

Fucking hell. Go read some Parfit and get out of here, nerd.

@Wizz said in TS - Danger zone:

Being ashamed or overly worried about what it means or says about you is what is very weird to me

There's something I don't like about this, but I can't really put my finger on it. I feel like it's okay to view sex as a private thing, and that it's therefore okay to be nervous or even embarrassed or ashamed to be engaging in TS with someone.

I'm not saying that it's wrong not to be ashamed. I just don't like the implication that people who are are weird. Humans have a lot of hangups. Frequently about sex!

I come closest to @RDC on the issue, though I think they and I somewhat disagree on the ideal societal nature of it, what with me being rather personally prudish on the matter.

If we're going to have a discussion about writing erotic fiction collaboratively, we need to accept that almost all societies view sexual activity as unique, and American society views it as especially private to the point of being taboo. Whether or not one agrees with that is not really all that relevant, if the discussion is how TS works in the context of larger interpersonal dynamics.

It also means that most analogies to other kinds of human behavior are going to fail, because they simply aren't going to be appropriately analogous. I understand that we have our characters murder people and we don't murder people. I understand that we have our characters do all sorts of things that we don't do. But I think we should admit that certain behaviors between humans can lead to strong feelings of intimacy (go sing a duet with someone. or dance with them. You're gonna feel something, even if you're waltzing the most chaste waltz ever waltzed), even when those behaviors aren't happening face to face.

Personally, I felt weird having my character engage in a romantic relationship with another character while I was dating someone. My girlfriend knew about it and was not opposed, so I continued--but I (and I believe she, though I never felt the need to ask) would have felt like I was cheating had I not done FTBs when things got steamy.

@Macha said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

It's okay to just message her and ask if she's okay and make sure she knows she can call me if she needs to, right? I don't have to ask anything else or anything, right? (yes. Anxiety is a bitch)

Yes. It is more than okay to do this, but absolutely make sure that when she calls, you are available to speak with her.

If you live close by, waiting about a week or two for the flood of food to die down and then delivering some easily frozen, easily reheated meals will be amazing (if drowning the bereaved in food is not a tradition outside of the American South, make it one! It's a huge load off of people who are struggling, and it's a sign of caring).

ETA:

@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

well.
I was looking forward to finally getting a full allergy workup done.

But I don't got $2k.
damn 'out of pocket' shit.

I feel you. An unexpected medical bill from an unexpected hospital visit months ago popped up, and while I feel Very Adult and Proud that I could immediately pay it, I now feel Very Adult and Sad that I am completely fucking broke.

Me, re: changelings.

@Darren said in RL things I love:

People steal the hell out of that stuff. When I worked part-time at a Dollar General last year, baby things, including formula and diapers, Tide and tampons were among the items most often stolen. I swear it's like some people would rather steal the essentials so they have more money to spend on cheap booze and crack.

Late to the party, but the reason those are stolen is so they can be resold at lower rates. Diapers are an exceptionally common stolen item.

@Auspice

Original post edited for accuracy.

If you're looking at this and thinking that I'm only capable of playing people with French or French-inspired backgrounds, you're absolutely right.

ACTIVE:

Arx: Symonesse Rinel Tern
NOLA: Yvette Louis, Phoebe, Argonne
Under the Stars: Evangeline Samedi
MU Soapbox: The Goose

INACTIVE:

Gray Harbor: Marion
Spirit Lake: Sonia

@Livia said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

@Rinel said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

@Livia said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

I wonder if I sohuld remake my sand elemental or something. I've never been able to succeed at Changeling though. Like I make a bit and then just go meh. And don't play it.

Come play with me us!

I'm playing with you RIGHT NOW

THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE MUSH

@Livia said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

I wonder if I sohuld remake my sand elemental or something. I've never been able to succeed at Changeling though. Like I make a bit and then just go meh. And don't play it.

Come play with me us!

@RDC said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

I'm pretty pleased about that. Every time I see you asking for RP and not getting it, I worry you're gonna fuck off. >.>

Hah. Good luck. When Changeling comes I'm literally going to just start RPing in the OOC room until someone drags me out of it to scene with me. SO MANY IDEAS.

@Auspice said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

I am hearing bits and pieces about it from Judy on my bus ride home.

I'm in that awkward first few weeks of a character phase where you have to wriggle around a bit schizophrenically, like the last few seconds of putting on a glove before it fits just right. But I think I'm getting the hang of Yvette!

@RDC said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

@Jennkryst said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

@Melpomene Staff too lazy to check XP and prereqs, got it. Which is annoying, but it is what it is.

Like, doublepost, and I don't wanna be a dick, but tbh this post right here has me kinda infuriated, ngl.

On the bright side I'm in my second scene and quite enjoying it

@Selerik said in The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves):

I am not sure if this is related to ADD/ADHD, genuinely not sure, but I am stupidly bad at taking compliments.

My anecdotal experience is that this is unrelated to ADHD.

@Arkandel said in NOLA: The Game That Care Forgot:

How active would you say the game is? I see a lot of action on the administrative end (which is good) but is there enough RP to go around?

I've had some trouble finding people to RP with, but I am probably logging on late. I've had a scene, and it was very enjoyable.

ETA: I've only been on for about two weeks
and during that time only actively pursued scenes about five or six times.

The more Changeling I read the more it seems like a game centered around surviving decades of physical/mental/spiritual rape.

This is some grim shit, folks.

But there's also the possibility to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt it, which is nice.

I've yet to watch ep 2 and won't be back till I have, but here's my episode 1 reaction:

@Rinel said in Great TV:

So. Watchmen. Am I supposed to be cheering for the fascist police state because it's taking out white supremacists?

I'm going to assume that the point is "just because a fascist police state is taking out white supremacists doesn't meant that fascist police states are okay." But now I am just sitting here watching weird satirical liberal revenge porn.

I feel very confused.